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Click here to view ZAP's NEW Video from the 2008 Festival!ZAP Announces Tour Dates and Cities.Discover how ZAP is preserving the history of Zinfandel through the Heritage Vineyard Project, directed by UC DavisExciting News!ZAP is inviting its members to become collaborators in its historic Zinfandel Heritage Research and Winemaking Project.What are the nine Zinfandel aromas?"Being a ZAP member I have discovered fine Zinfandels I'd never find alone."Bee Power
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LWIBH!And a fanart by Nathan of Indavo.First off, EXTRA COMIC THIS THURSDAY!You'll get to see sneak peeks of upcoming comics and extra drawings and stuff.So, pop back in later if you'd like to see those.I'm also horrendously behind on email.Also, Mario Kart Wii is awesomesauce.Haven't seen ironman yet (I KNOW!Metroid movie based on Super Metroid for the SNES.Then, as is the way of the metroid franchise, a harrowing escape!!If they ever did one though, they'd prolly screw it up (Super Mario bros.Hollywood starts cooking these things up, that they'd call me and ask for my advice.HOLLYWOOD I GOT YOUR BLOCKBUSTER RIGHT HERE.WITH ALL THE LIGHTS AND COLORS) make me think of how a live action Zap!Food for thought, I suppose.Alex has gotten me into the Kenshin Manga's now.SOMETHING ELSE AWESOME TO READ.Also, I apparently suck at Smash Bros.REGULAR INFO BELOW:Zap Town USA is still doing good.Want to be a part of the Zap community for free?Click on any of the following links to help build the City.Only one category a day though.So you're new to Zap!Well, the best place is always the beginning, but if you're ready to jump right into the story as fast as possible, here's a few places where you can hop on board.If you don't want to be spoiled on plot twists, start at volume one.Through a series of unfortunate events, Zap finds himself being chased by some soldiers of the Galactic Earth Federation.He escapes them by stowing away on the Excelsior, a strange ship that has the ability to choose her own captain.Robot reveals that Excelsior has chosen Zap as her next captain, much to the dismay of the crew.While attempting to discern why Excelsior chose Zap, who has no memory of his life before three days ago,, the Excelsior is attacked by the Galactic Earth Federation.In order to save them, Excelsior taps into Zap's hidden psychic abilities and uses his power to jettison them away, but not before the ship is damaged.Unable to pilot the ship properly, Zap crashes them into the jungle planet of Vantoss.Marooned on Vantoss and searching for help, the crew is separated and Zap is kidnapped by a group that turns out to be Resistance members.Reona clears up the misunderstanding but not before the GEF closes in on them and attacks the base, demanding they hand over Zap.It is then revealed that Reona is a cyborg, having lost her arm while trying to save their previous captain, Efrem who has gone missing and believed dead.The new crew set course for the Silnari Space station and a mechanic there who can fix Reona's broken arm.Start reading at Volume Two.Zap wakes from a horrifying dream and discovers that a giant space squid has attached itself to the ship.He fends it off without waking any of the other crew members (this is the source of Zap's distaste for squid).While Reona and Kasey are gone, Grontar and Robot run standard maintenance on Excelsior and Zap wanders off to explore the station.As if by chance, he encounters Gunner Stryfe, a fellow psychic who claims to have been a close friend to Zap before his memory loss.When Kasey and Reona return to Excelsior, Grontar expresses fears that Efrem may have betrayed them.They exit the ship in search of Zap just as he and Gunner are returning.The station is evacuated and the Excelsior blasts away just as Silnari station explodes.Determined to prove he's a good captain, Zap vows to destroy the being that attacked the ship and leads the crew further away.In desperation Zap's psychic powers overtake him and he manages to free himself from Grivak so that Reona can blast the bounty hunter with her plasma cannon.The blob leaves Grivak's body and makes an exact replica of Zap, and then pounces on the new captain.Gunner uses his psychic abilities to de story the blob and save the crew.He jeers at Zap for his inability to control his powers and tells Zap that he will retrain him.When Gunner returns to the ship, Reona follows him and during a conversation Gunner reveals that he recently saw Efrem with the assassin Naveed Catlos.She pleads with Zap to let them seek out a contact of Reona's on the Rings of Luck Casino.Zap relents, hoping to make her happy.Far away on the GEF prison planet, Naveed Catlos, who earlier allowed herself to be taken prisoner, breaks free from her cell and releases the Galilean Satellites from their holding tanks.She asks them to join the Serpent's efforts to destroy the GEF and the Satellites accept.Efrem reveals himself to be working with Naveed.Start reading at volume four.After interrogating Justin and Jason regarding the whereabouts of Zap Vexler, Commander William Haskins gives the order to schedule them for public execution.In the hallway, he is confronted for his actions by the president's oracular advisor, Vitale.William reveals that his orders came from General Verbatim.Vitale reveals that he has swayed the President into appointing William as the new leader of the Universal Psychic Academy.Meanwhile, Zap and the crew of the Excelsior dock at the Rings of Luck Casino and set out in search for a woman called Demonica who worked as a waitress at the casino before Reona joined the Resistance with Efrem.While searching for Demonica, Robot convinces Zap to use his psychic powers to cheat at gambling, and the two are soon caught and taken to meet with the owner of the casino, who turns out to be Demonica.Demonica tries to seduce Zap, but is interrupted by Reona and Grontar, who barge in attempting to save Zap and Robot.Reona is embarrassed and jealous, and tells Zap off before settling down to ask Demonica what she knows about the location of Naveed Catlos.Gunner leaves the crew and breaks into the amusement park and it is soon revealed that the Serpent is also there waiting.William assesses the situation at the Academy and Vitale confesses that he has had a vision of impending destruction and darkness in the GEF.He urges William to protect the psychics at the Academy.Back at the casino, Zap and the crew enjoy dinner and a dance, but their evening is interrupted when the emergency alarm sounds and they and the rest of the casino's patrons are herded to the lobbies for safety.At Zap's orders the crew sneaks away and Zap reveals to Reona that Gunner taught him how to use his powers and that he suspects that Gunner is the one behind the disturbance.The crew enter the amusement park and are immediately confronted by the Serpent, who separates Zap from the crew.Zap engages the Serpent in psychic combat, though in his current state seems to be no match for the other psychic.The Serpent reveals that he's actually Gunner, and that he and Zap were working to destroy the GEF before Zap lost his memory.Gunner vows to take Zap back with him, and they fight again, leading to a great burst of psychic energy from Zap.He reveals that he is working with Naveed and the Serpent in a plan to destroy the GEF.He then uses his powers to blast her out a window.He vows to save Reona and hurries to find her.Efrem attempts to use his powers against Zap, but Zap, spurred by his desire to protect Reona, proves to be too much.Reona asks Zap to take her away and Zap agrees.Just then, a bullet blasts through Zap's stomach and he falls to the ground.Gunner then tells Reona that he is taking Zap with them and that if she tries to follow them, he'll kill her and torture Zap.Grontar finally breaks free from the Satellites trap and goes to find Reona.He loses them in the casino, but is reunited with Kasey.Volume five has just begun!Check out the profiles and galleries of our Pros and Ams.Learn how to setup to ride, get trick instructions and brush up on skim lingo.Get answers to common questions, find out how to care for your board and what your warranty covers.Read about our company, our history and surf our photo archives."Posts from the Zap Category at AutoblogGreen"
s_265.Two vehicles are mentioned in our source article, the ZAP!According to Josh Engel, chief legal counsel for the BMV, "It's not the first time that the law hasn't caught up with technology," adding that the state of Ohio is supportive of electric vehicles.Basically, the law needs to change, and Tom Hunter, communications director for the BMV, suggests that the real solution would be to classify the vehicles as neither cars nor motorcycles.Solar, Zap, NEV (Neighborhood Electric Vehicle)click to enlargeIt's Earth Day, so we would have been shocked to see the day slip by without a press release from Zap about their something or other.True to form, the EV company presents us with news that the Sopraffina Marketcaffe in Chicago will be using an electric Xebra truck with solar panels on the roof in its catering business (read more after the jump).The Xebra is Zap's one legitimate electric vehicle that has more than two wheels, but it does have some drawbacks compared to a "real" car because it's classified as a motorcycle.Still, for deliveries in downtown Chicago, running on electrons is a pretty good plan.Not a lot of sunlight reaches the street in the middle of the Windy City, but if you're on Lakeshore Drive, those panels should be able to suck up some juice.ZapZAP has proven to be an excellent company when it comes to issuing press releases.They have also offered some nice products in the past, like the Zappy line of scooters.For some, the Xebra (see gallery below) fits their needs quite nicely, and for those people, ZAP is a fine company.For the rest of us, the chances that the ZAP X SUV, ZAP Alias or Detroit Electric brand ever get off the ground seems awfully slim.Gallery: Zap Xebra PKLet's check out Number 19.The article touches on Phoenix Motorcars, Zap, Fisker and, of course, Tesla.All of that needs to happen before you even think about actually making money on the whole deal, which few car companies seem to be able to do.Zap has heavily promoted several amazing new vehicles, none of which have been delivered even in prototype form.The author of that story apparently did little research on the vehicles.Xebra is classed as a motorcycle and is thus not subject to the rules that apply to cars.Wiz being crash tested as well.Elletrica is available in the U.American Electric Vehicle as the Kurrent.That vehicle is a neighborhood electric vehicle limited to 25 mph and subject to far less stringent safety standards.Prospective Zap dealer chokes on electric vapor!Zap, Green DailyThe world desperately needs vehicles with alternative powertrains, such as battery electrics.However, people tend to be unwilling to put large quantities of cash unless they see a potential return.In any new business arena there are startups who fail without drawing much attention to themselves.Such is the case with Zap!The Santa Rosa, CA company has been around for quite a number of years and has actually managed to sell a number of electrical products mostly related to mobile power products.However when it comes to electric transportation, their products are limited to the Chinese built three wheel Xebra "sedan" and "truck".Wired has now pubished a detailed article on the often sordid 16 year history of Zap!Gary Starr and Steve Schneider.Meanwhile enthusiastic prospective retailers of Zap products like Ehab Youssef and Joseph Gottlieb with little experience in the realities of the car business, have plunked down large amounts of cash for the right to sell vehicles that either come nowhere near meeting their rated specifications or never materialize at all.Zap, China, USAZap's CEO Steve Schneider did a very interesting audio interview with CEONEWS.Coke deal and the future of the company.X, Schneider says Chinese automaker Youngman owns 51 percent stake in the Detroit Electric joint venture, while Zap owns 49 percent in the company.Schneider explains Detroit Electric will sell higher speed electric vehicles while Zap continues to sell the lower speed vehicles.Schneider says the Youngman relationship is unique because, according to his understanding, there are only a handful of licenses given to Chinese companies to make cars inexpensively (Zap can sell buses for half the price, for example).Remember that Zap has been talking about the Alias since June 2007, which was eight months ago.Cola is using thirty of Zap's compact trucks in Montevideo, Uruguay) Schneider says it was spawned from the UPS deal.Schneider explains the UPS deal came from one brave UPS rep that "risked his career" to use Zap trucks and a tractor trailers hub model.The hub model showed bottom line savings for the company and what do you think happened to that UPS rep?"Quite a few" companies (Schneider won't give out names) have contacted Zap, looking to repeat the model, since that brave UPS rep started the ball rolling.Schneider was asked about the Daimler lawsuit and while he could did not say much, he did say Zap's lawyers tell him it should be settled in three months.Things are changing like the climate Schneider jokes and "the market is finally catching up (after 14 years) to what ZAP has been preaching."Schneider expects Zap to have 100 dealers by the end of this year, up from 56 at a recent meeting.AutoblogGreen is not a stock investing website but we have to admit we are really impressed by this interview and Zap's CEO Steve Schneider responses.Zap
Paul Niedermeyer over at TTAC got the chance to drive a ZAP Xebra pickup and his review pretty much reads as you would expect.The car is poorly assembled, slow, short range and dangerous.We still maintain, though, that the vehicle is fine for what it is.Hybrid, MPG, ZapUnhappy with your plugless Prius?Zap thinks it has an answer for you.In collaboration with Hybrid Plus, Zap's kit will convert hybrid Priuses and Highlanders into what tests predict will be 120 MPGe (city) and 90 MPGe (highway) vehicles.Zap says turnaround time is about four weeks.You might also be able to go to a local Zap dealer to have the work done (UPDATE: Zap says that Zap dealers will be able to do the conversions).Many EV dealers already sell other types of vehicles and, as Hybrids Plus CEO Carl Lawrence says, electric car companies and hybrid conversion companies collaborating is "natural."Zap still pursuing Daimler over Smart deal, California Supreme Court nextPosted Feb 28th 2008 8:16AM by Sam AbuelsamidFiled under: DaimlerChrysler, SMART, ZapOnce upon a time Zap had a dream to import the Smart ForTwo to the U.Unfortunately for Zap, that plan didn't work out and Smart's parent Daimler ultimately did a deal with Roger Penske to be the U.Zap decided not to take this lying down and ultimately filed a lawsuit in 2005 against Daimler (then DaimlerChrysler) alleging the German company interfered with their business (need more background?So far Zap has had no success in U.Undaunted, Zap is now going to the California Supreme Court hoping to get them to reverse the previous rulings.Zap hopes for a ruling in about three months.Zap, Green DailyNo, that's not a new photo of the upcoming Zap Alias.Instead, it's a photo to show what Zap and Youngman's partnership will bring back from the dead: Detroit Electric.They mean the buses (announced recently) will be here in 2009, not necessarily the Zap Alias, although both will carry the Detroit Electric name.Where will Zap locate the revived Detroit Electric offices?Zap and Youngman reach a deal for North American bus marketPosted Jan 31st 2008 3:09PM by Sebastian BlancoFiled under: Transportation Alternatives, Zap, Natural GasZap's partnership with Youngman Automotive Group is expanding.The two companies announced yesterday that Zap now has the rights to distribute the Chinese company's full line of buses in the North American bus market.In September 2007, Zap and Youngman announced they would partner in a joint venture that will bring new EVs, and hybrids to market.That agreement dealt with "electric and hybrid vehicles for the passenger car, truck and bus markets."CNG), but does broaden Zap's offerings in the U.As Youngman Chairman Pang Qingnian said in a statement:The more I look at the emerging market for advanced technology vehicles, the more I see that ZAP is one of the only companies offering a selection of vehicles available for sale today.Buses can only enhance ZAP's overall business plan and I decided, rather than wait until the joint venture vehicles become available, to do something today that can benefit both companies.From Zap's point of view, the plan is to make some money off of these buses.ZAP CEO Steve Schneider said that, "These buses are highly profitable and will add to our marketing and distribution strategy."Zap, ChinaWhile one of our favorite automotive curmudgeons, the Great Farago seems to have no reluctance to call out the likes of General Motors for greenwashing and Tesla for supposedly being vaporware (BTW for vaporware, it's a blast to drive!Perhaps it is an odd sense of decency.Perhaps he doesn't see Zap!Even so I will proceed share a few words on Zap!Zap has issued a request for quotes from engineering and technology partners to help actually make the Alias electric trike a reality.While the Alias was originally conceived by Zap with Lotus, it seems odd that they are now looking for new engineering partners.Zap and China Youngman Automotive Group.One interesting note in Zap's press release is that the Alias, if it ever moves beyond the rendering stage, would be sold under a new brand for the JV company rather than as a Zap.Come on Robert, where are you when we really need you?Zap Communication's Alex Campbell, who checked with Zap's CEO Steve Schneider about Volvo's statements.Zap tried but it looks like PML went with Volvo.We have since partnered up with a company in China with rights to their wheel hub motors.And they are expensive so it would need to be manufactured in China to stay competitive.Volvo, AutoblogGreen Exclusive, ZapIn an interview, Ichiro Sugioka, project leader of Volvo's Recharge electric car concept, says PML FlightLink is "currently working exclusively for us."The interviewer presses for more information, even mentioning PML's relationship with Lotus, but Ichiro is very clear.Zap said it had some exclusive rights with PML and then PML started to work with Volvo.Companies don't write press release saying relationships have fallen apart.Zap, Miles or Tesla would be bought out sooner or later by a large automaker trying to catch up.The Swedes go series hybrid
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